# 2005 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships

The 2005 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 9 and 11 March 2005 in Beijing, China. The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Overall* | Ahn Hyun-soo South Korea | 89 points | Apolo Anton Ohno United States | 68 points | François-Louis Tremblay Canada | 60 points |
| 500 m | François-Louis Tremblay Canada | 42.106 | Charles Hamelin Canada | 42.135 | Ahn Hyun-soo South Korea | 42.185 |
| 1000 m | Apolo Anton Ohno United States | 1:30.066 | Ahn Hyun-soo South Korea | 1:30.206 | Li Jiajun China | 1:30.641 |
| 1500 m | Ahn Hyun-soo South Korea | 2:14.396 | François-Louis Tremblay Canada | 2:14.992 | Lee Seung-hoon South Korea | 2:15.244 |
| 5000 m relay | Canada Charles Hamelin Steve Robillard François-Louis Tremblay Mathieu Turcotte | 6:39.990 | South Korea Ahn Hyun-soo Lee Seung-hoon Seo Ho-jin Song Kyung-taek Lee Jae-kyung | 6:40.020 | United States Shani Davis Alex Izykowski Jordan Malone Apolo Anton Ohno | 6:52.072 |
* First place is awarded 34 points, second is awarded 21 points, third is awarded 13 points, fourth is awarded 8 points, fifth is awarded 5 points, sixth is awarded 3 points, seventh is awarded 2 points, and eighth is awarded 1 point in the finals of each individual race to determine the overall world champion. The relays do not count for the overall classification.

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Overall* | Jin Sun-yu South Korea | 76 points | Choi Eun-kyung South Korea | 63 points | Kang Yun-mi South Korea | 60 points |
| 500 m | Yang Yang China | 45.038 | Wang Meng China | 45.129 | Fu Tianyu China | 45.232 |
| 1000 m | Choi Eun-kyung South Korea | 1:31.085 | Jin Sun-yu South Korea | 1:31.232 | Wang Meng China | 1:31.343 |
| 1500 m | Jin Sun-yu South Korea | 2:20.461 | Kang Yun-mi South Korea | 2:20.743 | Wang Meng China | 2:20.876 |
| 3000 m relay$^†$ | Canada Alanna Kraus Chantale Sévigny Kalyna Roberge Tania Vicent Amanda Overland | 4:20.767 | China Cheng Xiaolei Fu Tianyu Wang Meng Yang Yang | 4:30.654 | France Stéphanie Bouvier Choi Min-kyung Myrtille Gollin Celine Lecompere | 4:24.974 |
$^†$ In the final of the Women's 3000 m relay, the South Korean and Japanese teams were disqualified, thus the French team was awarded the bronze medal from its time in the heats.
* First place is awarded 34 points, second is awarded 21 points, third is awarded 13 points, fourth is awarded 8 points, fifth is awarded 5 points, sixth is awarded 3 points, seventh is awarded 2 points, and eighth is awarded 1 point in the finals of each individual race to determine the overall world champion. The relays do not count for the overall classification.

## Medal table

* Host nation (China)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | South Korea | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | China* | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | United States | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |